Word: inventor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Cleveland Clinic was founded in 1921 by four physicians who pledged them selves to give one-fourth of their incomes to its support. Most noted of the founders is Dr. George W. Crile, inventor of "nerve-block" anesthesia and improvements in blood transfusion technique, an expert in thyroid gland and respiratory system operations. At the time of the explosion he was performing an operation in the Clinic hospital in a nearby building. He was not told of the accident until the operation was completed. Still in his white gown and operating cap he rushed to the scene...
...case of radial air-cooled gasoline motors, and in-line water-cooled gasoline motors. Patents, however, still endure on Knight sleeve-valve motors. Hence in the U. S. only Willys-Knight and Steams-Knight as yet may use that type in passenger cars. Charles Y. Knight, sleeve-valve inventor, still lives, richly and quietly, in California (TIME, Sept...
Although a full sized house has not yet been constructed, the inventor claims that it is flood-proof, earth-quake-proof, wind-proof, tornado-proof, heat-proof, cold-proof, and economical and that an airplane could run into it without damaging it. In addition, the partitions and struts are made of hollow duralumin which is pumped full of air to increase the tensile strength of the structure and to enable the children of the house to fall down without being hurt by the springy flooring...
...living quarters of the house are several feet above the ground giving it, the appearance of a bushy tree. The structure is hexagonal in shape, suspended from a central tower by cables. The inventor uses for the main theory of his work the principle that triangles and hexagons are the usual forms of natural objects, and, consequently, the most stable. He pointed out that the force of gravity tends to destroy a square and strengthen a triangle or hexagon...
...model house which the inventor shows consists of five rooms. Arrangements are made so that the servant problem is solved by having most of the household work done automatically. One of the features of the plan is the electric washer which washes and dries clothes within three minutes after they are placed in it. The library contains all kinds of maps, a moving picture projector, typewriters, and a mimeograph as well as various other handy means of getting knowledge...